As the title says, this is your last investigation lesson before your full draft is due in on Friday. As you are only entitled to one draft, you need to ensure that it's up to the required word count so your feedback is as detailed and specific as possible. Some of you have a lot of catching up to do - you must ensure that it is all completed and up to scratch.
The final piece that is missing is the conclusion in which you evaluate your findings and decide whether or not these have proven your hypothesis. Some general advice:
Conclusion/Evaluation:
- Conclusion needs to be tentative - mention any issues you had with generalising or the reliability of your data, despite your careful methodology
- Evaluate how far your hypothesis was proven
- Consider any contextual elements that might have affected the data (e.g. age/dialect/social group etc.)
- What would you need to make a more effective investigation? e.g. more data, a more focussed hypothesis, another section/another technique analysed etc.
- Don't be self-critical, but do be evaluative of the investigation
Conclusion & Evaluation can be combined under one heading, and should total about 300 words. You have a handout containing 3 examples, so look at each one and model your own on their style.
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